Editor's Note: An earlier version of this article said the suspicious package surfaced after IBM took out newspaper ads opposing Texas' so-called bathroom bill, suggesting a connection between the two events. There was no evidence to support such a connection and one should not have been made.

The suspicious package was found outside the IBM Innovation Center in Coppell on Tuesday was not a threat.

The package was not an explosive device and contained equipment used to work on fiberoptic cables, public information officer April Reiling said. IBM is investigating internally where the bag originated from, she said.

Police were called about 8 a.m. to the IBM building at 1177 S. Belt Line Road after employees found the suspicious black bag, according to KXAS-TV (NBC5).